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My rig is working I am so happy

Sucks that this is the standard visual template for everything 80s now. The decade was much more varied and interesting than this.

The road come hotline will go down as the most astute and significant government directive of the modern era. One must go back to at least Napoleon to find comparable brilliance. Glad to be alive to see it.

Great Australian fiction

Great American fiction

Mass market paperbacks are being discontinued. They are, in my opinion, the best format for books. Here is a a thread of some great covers from various publishers. First up, Pan.

Joe Ely now www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HCi...

Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.

(music notes) making love with his eagle... (music notes)

@gregkot.bsky.social is andy cirzan ok?

Because if you care about securely owning a movie that you love--as opposed to "owning" it only until a license agreement over which you have no control expires without warning--you need a DVD or Blu-ray. The hardware may be yesterday; the concern is very much of this moment.

I think TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON 2 was one of the last ever pieces of obviously bad, failed art that was widely acknowledged at the time to be bad but still was widely viewed. A once ubiquitous phenomenon in our culture that basically died along with linear TV.

one of my fav tweets ever was "now where in the sam hill is goldarn varmint of a sommelier what assured me that the pinot wouldn't overpower the swordfish" and I think about it oft

Hopping mad cos I can't find my LA Confidential VHS

why's the greenback so weak against nzd rn

www.youtube.com/shorts/6bzQC... !!!!!!!!!!!!

What was the Indian restaurant that became Mighty Mighty called?

I’ve been listening to this a lot this year and it’s a strong contender for the best music ever recorded.

I've tried exercise, meditation, screen-free time and all that but let me tell you, nothing gets you to sleep like four measures of mid-price blended scotch whisky.

calling in sick to work cos you're feelin minnesota

My wife just took an old pregnancy test we didn't realize had expired during the George W. Bush presidency and her result was "Ace of ♣️: Qusay Hussein". We don't know how to read this or why the Defense department made a bunch of Iraqi Most Wanted playing card branded urine tests. Is Qusay good news

Listening to my Soundgarden boxset.

I say I say I say, did you hear about the Catholic farmer who bought livestock online? No I did not! Tell, what happened? Why, the chap received a Paypal bull!

Just a reminder that Bob Dylan once sang a song with the words 'Shotover River', 'Cardrona' and 'Otago' in it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvSp...

Tom Stopped

Gonna regret this but I tried to list my top 100 Narrative Feature Films. No it's not complete but I stand by em all letterboxd.com/fastercamels...

you love to see it! www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-ch...

Ed Balls

A good television show to watch is The Lowdown.

But what about where is only one set of footprints in the sand? My child that is when i cbf

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Why is the Whitcoulls logo an apostrophe when their name is missing an apostrophe? Is this some kind of sick joke?

This is the day you can listen to this song www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulmY...

g'morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOn5...

Wonder if Iggy Pop will play golf at Wairakei

There already is a second Mt Mic tunnel. Use it.

WILL TOBIAS

this is how it's done

She's a ten but uses the word 'penned' instead of 'written'.

"I was just following hors d'oeuvres!" - Nazi Appetizer

I always read 'Kecap Manis' to the tune of 'Goose-Step Mama' by the Rutles.

He should call it And Another Thing

#OTD November 7 2020, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference this video never fails to make me cackle no matter how many times i've seen it www.youtube.com/shorts/UPOrB...